Digital library
Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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HLTH-101: Contemporary Health Issues
Sally Baldwin · Napa Valley College
This course promotes personal, family, and community well-being through an exploration of contemporary issues in health and wellness including exercise and fitness, nutrition, weight control, stress management, mental health, and substance abuse. You will analyze personal health habits that contribute to the risk of disease, and develop a program of wellness that targets the reduction of risk factors for self, family, and the community.
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Nursing
Nilgun Ulutasdemir Ed. · Gümüşhane University
This book covers topics from nursing history and philosophy, communication and ethics in nursing, nursingand culture. Thus, it can be used as a guide by student nurses and working nurses to recognize the nursing profession and to keep up with current developments. In this book, you will find all aspects of nursing profession.
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Biology of Aging
Libretexts · Herkimer College
Includes the study of the gross and microscopic structure of the systems of the human body with special emphasis on the relationship between structure and function. Integrates anatomy and physiology of cells, tissues, organs, the systems of the human body, and mechanisms responsible for homeostasis.
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Leadership and Influencing Change in Nursing
Joan Wagner Ed. · University of Regina
In the contents: 9.07: The Medicine Wheel as a Change Model
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Human Nutrition
The University of Hawaiʻi · University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
This textbook serves as an introduction to nutrition for undergraduate students and is the OER textbook for the FSHN 185 The Science of Human Nutrition course at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.
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APUS: An Introduction to Nutrition
Byerley · American Public University
Welcome to your textbook for Foundations of Nutrition!
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Nursing Management and Professional Concepts
Ernstmeyer & Christman (Eds.) · OpenRN
This book introduces concepts related to nursing leadership and management, prioritization strategies, delegation and supervision, legal implications of nursing practice, ethical nursing practice, collaboration within the interprofessional team, health care economics, quality and evidence-based practice, advocacy, preparation for the RN role, and the avoidance of burnout with self-care.
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Principles of Pharmacology
Carl Rosow, David Standaert, & Gary Strichartz · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The object of this text is to teach students an approach to the study of pharmacologic agents. The focus is on the basic principles of biophysics, biochemistry and physiology, as related to the mechanisms of drug action, biodistribution and metabolism. The course consists of lectures and student-led case discussions.
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The Politics of Sports
Anna Carroll and Eleanor Wakefield · University of Oregon
This Open Educational Resource is a collection of texts and materials that team together students’ familiarity with sports and critical inquiry skills. The Politics of Sports has the potential to capture the interest of college students in order to excite them to begin a research journey with a sense of authority and investment in a topic that is at once familiar and complex enough to yield a wide range of inquiry.
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An EKG Interpretation Primer
Jacqueline Christianson et al. · Nurses International Team
This book teaches healthcare professionals the basics of EKG interpretation.
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Food Safety Sanitation and Personal Hygiene
BC Cook Articulation Committee · BC Campus
Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in foodservice skills.
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Basic Foundation of Nutrition for Sports Performance
LibreTexts
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APUS: An Introduction to Nutrition 2nd Edition
Byerley · American Public University
This book is organized using a functional approach, which means that the material is organized around physiological functions, such as fluid and electrolyte balance, antioxidant function, bone health, energy and metabolism, and blood health, instead of organizing it strictly by nutrient.
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BIOL 250: Human Anatomy
Yancy Aquino · Skyline College
Gross and microscopic structure of the human body through lecture and laboratory study of dissections, histology slides, anatomy models, and prosected human cadavers. Primarily intended for Nursing, Respiratory Care, Allied Health, Surgical Technology, Kinesiology, and other health-related fields.
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BIO 50: Anatomy and Physiology (Zingg)
Barbara Zingg · Las Positas College
This textbook is designed for an introductory, college-level Human Anatomy and Physiology course. It serves students pursuing allied health programs and those completing a general education science requirement. Written for students with little prior biology background, it also provides foundational preparation for more advanced coursework, including the pre-nursing anatomy and physiology sequence.
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Nursing Advanced Skills
Open Resources for Nursing · Chippewa Valley Technical College
This textbook is an open educational resource developed specifically for prelicensure nursing students. Content includes advanced skills for registered nurses, such as intravenous infusion, blood product administration, management of central lines and chest tube systems, basic electrocardiogram interpretation, and nasogastric/feeding tube insertion, and builds on basic nursing skills.
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Radiation Safety (Ballard)
Jason S. Ballard · Linn-Benton Community College
The purpose of this OER is to provide students with a comprehensive textbook aligned with the NDT 130 (Radiographic Testing) course as taught at Linn-Benton Community College.
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Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals
Brent Burbridge and Evan Mah · University of Saskatchewan
In the contents: 3.09: Nuclear Medicine
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Chem 410: Chemistry for Health Sciences
Skyline
Survey of the principles of general, organic, and biochemistry. The physical and chemical properties of inorganic, organic, and biomolecules. Includes a study of equilibrium in chemical systems with special emphasis on chemical processes in the body. The laboratory component introduces qualitative and quantitative techniques of chemical study and manipulations with inorganic, organic, and biochemical reactions. Designed for Health Science majors (e.g. respiratory therapy, nursing).
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NURS142: Health Assessment in Nursing
Bugosh, McAlicher, and Zaharchuk · Harrisburg Area Community College
This Health Assessment in Nursing textbook is an open educational resource developed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It is aligned with the Harrisburg Area Community College's nursing curriculum for the Physical Assessment course NURS142 that describes techniques for obtaining a complete health history and performing a basic physical assessment using a body systems approach.